Qui-Gon Jinn walked into his room and immediately checked under the bed. Nothing there but dust bunnies. He checked his closet, every drawer in the room, the windows, the holoprojector, dark spaces behind furniture, and the tiny gap underneath the door. Nothing there either.

He wiped sweat from his face. That was silly, Qui-Gon. There was nothing to be afraid of...

Then he saw it. It was so terrifying, so blinding, so...close that he was unable to do anything but stand at stare at it. At the top of his window, taped to the inside...

PINK!

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Tahl sighed as she heard the scream. "Obi-Wan, all you did is possibly traumatize him for life. Now he's gonna do...that thing again."

Obi-Wan, Bant, and Tahl ran to Qui-Gon's open door. Qui-Gon was hurriedly spraying everything in the room with antiseptic spray. The pink sock lay a few inches outside the door. Bant picked it up. "Master Qui-Gon, if I may say so, you are being entirely irrational."

"Get it out!" Qui-Gon shouted, disinfecting the closet door. Speckles of dark green paint stained the bed and window.

Obi-Wan frowned. "What's that?" he asked, pointing to the paint.

"Dark green and pink are complementary colours," Bant realized. Catching a confused look from Obi-Wan, she added, "That means they're opposites."

"He's going to ruin his room. Again." Tahl put her head in her hand. "Master Windu will be furious."

"He's going to need new robes, too," Bant added, pointing to the scene in Qui-Gon's bedroom. Qui-Gon was slathering his robes in dark green paint.

Although Tahl could not see what was going on in the room, she could almost picture it. "I'm going to bed," she moaned, walking out of Obi-Wan and Qui- Gon's quarters.

Bant shrugged. "I might as well go too. I'll bring some cleaner in the morning, Obi."

Obi-Wan made a small sound in response and went into his Master's room. "Master, why are you so scared of pink? It's just a colour!"

"It's not just a colour, it's a menace!" Qui-Gon shouted, spraying Obi-Wan vigorously with antiseptic.

Obi-Wan coughed and spat on his hand. "Master, what are you doing? You're going to make me sick!"

"Well, don't breathe, then!" Qui-Gon ran over to disinfect the window where the sock had been.

"That's it!" Obi-Wan turned to leave the room. "I'm scrubbing this junk off me and then I'm going to bed!"

"Wait!" Qui-Gon called after him. Obi-Wan turned. Qui-Gon shook the antiseptic bottle and looked at his Padawan.

"Could you look to see if we have any more antiseptic?"